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SUMMARY:Tourmaline: Book Talk & Signing
DESCRIPTION:Artist\, filmmaker\, and national bestselling author Tourmaline will discuss her new book\, Marsha\, published in May 2025. The book is the definitive biography of revolutionary trans activist Marsha P. Johnson and was named a National Bestseller and selected by The New York Times for its Nonfiction Spring Book Preview. Harvard Bookstore will sell copies of the book on site\, and a signing will follow Tourmaline’s presentation.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/tourmaline-book-talk-signing/
LOCATION:The Armory\, 191 Highland Ave.\, Somerville\, MA\, 02143
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T190000
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SUMMARY:Eric Jay Dolin\, author of The Wreck of the Mentor
DESCRIPTION:From the best–selling author of Black Flags\, Blue Waters comes the story of the American whaleship Mentor\, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling\, the eleven surviving crewmen face not only the miseries of shipwreck in unfamiliar territory but also the profound uncertainty of contact with the Indigenous people of the Micronesian archipelago of Palau\, who within days approach the deserted men brandishing axes\, clubs\, and spears. In this gripping saga of cultural collision\, tribal wars\, and dashed hopes\, award–winning historian Eric Jay Dolin vividly reconstructs the Mentor’s doomed voyage\, the years of perilous captivity\, and the delicate negotiations and fraught naval rescue mission that followed.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/eric-jay-dolin-author-of-the-wreck-of-the-mentor/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books (Cambridge)\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T190000
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Mahoney\, author of 'Thrall'
DESCRIPTION:In Thrall\, a young woman looking for a transformative college experience is bitten by a vampire and must team up with his other living victims to hunt him down.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/rebecca-mahoney-author-of-thrall/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books (Cambridge)\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T190000
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SUMMARY:Isabel Neal\, author of 'Thrown Voice'
DESCRIPTION:The 120th winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize celebrates the voice felt twice—once in the body\, once in the world.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/isabel-neal-author-of-thrown-voice/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books (Cambridge)\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T210000
DTSTAMP:20260531T075927
CREATED:20260401T182421Z
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SUMMARY:Katie Yamasaki\, author of Ripples
DESCRIPTION:From beloved picture book creator Katie Yamasaki: an idyllic river trip and a celebration of connections—to family\, community\, and the natural world.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/katie-yamasaki-author-of-ripples/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books (Cambridge)\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T200000
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SUMMARY:Springward Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Springward Poetry Festival\, a weekend of poetry-focused interactive programming for all ages. We aim to foster an environment where poets\, appreciators of poetry\, and those curious about the art form can celebrate National Poetry Month\, learn about poetry\, and connect with each other.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/springward-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:Arts Collaborative Medford\, 62 Mystic Ave.\, Medford\, MA\, 02155
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T190000
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SUMMARY:Ibram X. Kendi\, author of Chain of Ideas\, in conversation with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)
DESCRIPTION:Porter Square Books is thrilled to present an evening with Ibram X. Kendi at First Parish in Cambridge for the release of his latest book\, Chain of Ideas. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) will join Dr. Kendi in conversation.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/ibram-x-kendi-author-of-chain-of-ideas-in-conversation-with-congresswoman-ayanna-pressley-ma-07/
LOCATION:First Parish Church\, 3 Church St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T193000
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SUMMARY:Washington Remembered\, Washington Forgotten: Washington and Slavery
DESCRIPTION:Explore how Americans have remembered and forgotten Washington’s involvement with slavery over the past 250 years. Three historians who work at the intersection of scholarship and public history will shed new light on our founding contradictions.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/washington-remembered-washington-forgotten-washington-and-slavery/
LOCATION:Cambridge Public Library (Main)\, 449 Broadway\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T190000
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SUMMARY:"Degrees of Freedom: On Robotics and Social Justice" with Dr. Tom Williams
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Tom Williams to learn about his new book\, Degrees of Freedom: a “must-read” that explores why the field of robotics tends to reinforce white patriarchal systems of power—and how roboticists can work to change these systems.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/degrees-of-freedom-on-robotics-and-social-justice-with-dr-tom-williams/
LOCATION:Lamplighter Brewing\, 284 Broadway\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T210000
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SUMMARY:Robert Polito\, author of After the Flood\, in conversation with Lloyd Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:Porter Square Books is excited to welcome Robert Polito for the release of After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace. Lloyd Schwartz will join Polito in conversation.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/robert-polito-author-of-after-the-flood-in-conversation-with-lloyd-schwartz/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books (Cambridge)\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T210000
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SUMMARY:Anne Fadiman\, author of Frog\, in conversation with George Howe Colt
DESCRIPTION:Porter Square Books is excited to welcome Anne Fadiman for the release of Frog. George Howe Colt will join Fadiman in conversation.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/anne-fadiman-author-of-frog-in-conversation-with-george-howe-colt/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books (Cambridge)\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T190000
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SUMMARY:Kate Brown reads from 'Tiny Gardens Everywhere: A History of Urban Resilience'
DESCRIPTION:MIT historian Kate Brown reads from “Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past\, Present\, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City” to explore the surprising and often radical history of urban gardening. The book – part history\, part reportage\, part manifesto – follows the roots of urban gardening from feudal England to a late 19th century utopia outside of Berlin to 1960s Washington\, D.C.\, to contemporary Amsterdam\, Chicago and beyond. It looks at how gardeners have reclaimed lost commons on urban lots\, composted garbage into topsoil\, creating the most productive agriculture in recorded human history\, without use of fossil fuels\, and how the ecological diversity they fostered made room for human difference and built prosperity\, with examples from even Nazi Berlin\, where working-class gardeners harbored dissidents and Jews\, ant the USSR\, which survived so long only because of its urban gardens. She’s joined by Antoine Picon of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/kate-brown-reads-from-tiny-gardens-everywhere-a-history-of-urban-resilience/
LOCATION:The MIT Museum\, 314 Main St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02142\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T190000
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Putzi: "The Reconstruction Diary of Frances Anne Rollin"
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Putzi offers the first complete transcription and annotation of Frances Anne Rollin’s diary.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/jennifer-putzi-the-reconstruction-diary-of-frances-anne-rollin/
LOCATION:Boston Athenaeum\, 10-1/2 Beacon St.\, Boston\, MA\, 02108
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T190000
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SUMMARY:David Guterson reads from 'Evelyn in Transit: A Novel'
DESCRIPTION:David Guterson\, author of 13 books including “Snow Falling on Cedars\,” reads from his new novel\, “Evelyn in Transit\,” about a bored misfit who hitchhikes across the American West taking odd jobs – and whose life is strangely linked with a boy raised as a Buddhist monk in the mountains of Tibet who eventually becomes a high lama. One day a trio of Buddhist lamas show up at Evelyn’s door to announce that her 5-year-old son is the seventh reincarnation of the illustrious Norbu Rinpoche\, recently deceased. Guterson will be joined in conversation by Emerson professor and author Steve Yarbrough.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/david-guterson-reads-from-evelyn-in-transit-a-novel/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T200000
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SUMMARY:Namwali Serpell presenting "On Morrison"
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Namwali Serpell—professor of English at Harvard University and acclaimed author of The Old Drift and The Furrows—for a discussion of her highly anticipated new book\, On Morrison\, an extraordinary assessment of Toi Morrison. She will be joined in conversation by Tracy K. Smith—the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University\, former Poet Laureate of the United States\, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the poetry collection Life on Mars.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/namwali-serpell-presenting-on-morrison/
LOCATION:First Parish Church\, 3 Church St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260531T075927
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SUMMARY:Dorothy Roberts on "The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love\, Race\, and Family"
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Dorothy Roberts—the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and the award-winning\, acclaimed author of Killing the Black Body—for a discussion of her new book\, The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love\, Race\, and Family. She will be joined in conversation by Christina J. Cross—Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and the author of Inherited Inequality.
URL:https://csindie.com/event/dorothy-roberts-on-the-mixed-marriage-project-a-memoir-of-love-race-and-family/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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